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NEW YORK: Ad-supported movie and TV streaming service Popcornflix is bringing 3,000-plus free titles to Apple TV.

PwC is projecting that 2016 will see “robust” merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the U.S. entertainment, media and communications (EMC) sector, driven by companies’ need to build presence, scale and digital value chains. According to PwC’s US Entertainment, Media & Communications Deal Insights report, U.S. deal value in 2015 was $149 billion, a 13-percent increase on the year-ago period. Deal volume was down 7 percent to 818. Q4 was one of the slowest M&A quarters in recent history, PwC said.

SANTA MONICA: Skydance Television has entered into an overall agreement with writer/producer Marti Noxon, whose credits include co-creating the Lifetime series UnREAL and serving as executive producer on the CBS medical drama Code Black.

SILVER SPRING: Fourth-quarter revenues at Discovery Communications of $1.65 billion decreased 2 percent compared to the year-ago period, as growth at the U.S. networks was more than offset by a decline at the international networks, primarily due to currency effects.

The sixth edition is just around the corner, taking place March 1 to 3 at the International Convention and Exhibition Center in Istanbul.

NEW YORK: Armando Nuñez, president and CEO of CBS Global Distribution Group, and David Nevins, the president and CEO of Showtime Networks, talk to World Screen Newsflash about the growing demand for addictive, serialized, premium programming.

Digital TV Research has analyzed the fees that Netflix charges in international markets compared to what pay-TV ARPU is in those countries, finding that the rates appear high in the short term. Looking broadly, Netflix charges $8 per month for one screen, $10 per month for two screens and $12 per month for four screens and HD content in its 130 new territories.

LOS ANGELES: Brad Falchuk, co-creator of American Horror Story and Scream Queens, has inked a new multiyear deal with 20th Century Fox Television.

PARIS: Guillaume de Posch, co-CEO of RTL Group, is lined up for a keynote speech at MIPTV 2016.

Sandra Stern, the president of Lionsgate Television Group, shares her views of the vibrant market for scripted programming.